NATO's future conventional defense strategy in Central Europe : theater employment doctrine for the post-Cold War era / Richard L. Kugler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kugler, Richard L.

Contributor:

Rand Corporation.

United States. Army.

Series:

R (Rand Corporation); R-4084

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military doctrine--Europe.

Military doctrine.

Military doctrine--North America.

Europe, Central--Defenses.

Europe, Central.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization--Armed Forces.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 220 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 1992.

Summary:

This report provides a political-military analysis for thinking about how NATO's conventional defense strategy can be adjusted to contribute to stability in Central Europe in the coming post-Cold War era. The report (which was assembled in early 1991) concludes that NATO will need to employ a new "theater employment doctrine"--The way NATO uses military force on the battlefield to attain its goals--one that defends further eastward and more flexibly than linear defense contemplated. All viable alternatives for such a doctrine will require NATO to uproot long-established defense practices. Changes will have to be made not only in NATO's force posture, but also in how coalition defense is conducted. Having a concerted planning effort that forges a coherent relationship among NATO's future defense strategy, employment doctrine, and force posture can ensure these changes are well-managed, thus leaving NATO with a viable conventional defense strategy even if forces are smaller than they are now.

Notes:

"Prepared for the United States Army."